Smack! Gu Ding smashed the last Variant Lifeform's head with a palm strike, then looked around. Other than Liliath and the others, who were still standing normally, every Variant Lifeform had fallen. Not a single one had survived.
"At last, they're all dead. These Variant Lifeforms just kept coming..." Liliath let out a long breath.
"Yeah. They only had the Combat Strength of newly advanced lower main gods, but there were so many of them it made my scalp go numb." Bigge could not help sighing.
Over the course of the day, all the Variant Lifeforms attacking the Main City Crystal Core had possessed only the Combat Strength of beginner lower main gods.
What exhausted Gu Ding and the others was that these Variant Lifeforms had continuously appeared out of thin air, and their locations were random every time, making them impossible to guard against.
Moreover, no matter how many Gu Ding and the others killed, the number of Variant Lifeforms showed no sign of decreasing. Only as the day neared its end did their rate of appearance begin to slow, until they finally stopped appearing altogether.
"This is only the first day. These creatures are merely at the level of one-star Asuras. According to the trial rules, the Variant Lifeforms will grow stronger every day. The battles ahead will only get harder day by day," Sea Emperor reminded them.
"This is only the first trial, and it's already this difficult. It's really hard to imagine just how strong those who completed the Path of the King were." A fierce light glinted in Gu Ding's eyes. He knew completing the Path of the King would be difficult, but people in the past had done it, so he firmly believed that he could do it too.
Seeing Gu Ding so fired